NameTides

Kaizen

Kaizen was the #364 boys' name in the US in 2025 (895 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #533 in Canada.

Kaizen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kaizen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kaizen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#364 (895)#1,226 (23)#533 (55)
2024#502 (608)#1,199 (23)#822 (31)
2023#587 (487)#1,610 (15)#1,079 (21)
2022#902 (257)#1,692 (14)#1,061 (21)
2021#1,218 (158)#3,451 (5)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,579 (103)#2,960 (6)#1,520 (12)
2019#1,849 (81)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,901 (78)—#1,682 (10)
2017#2,154 (63)#4,812 (3)#1,422 (13)
2016#2,477 (51)——
2015#2,328 (56)——
2014#2,805 (42)——
2013#3,189 (34)#4,685 (3)—
2012#3,894 (26)——
2011#4,822 (19)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #364.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2004.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaizen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 880 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaizen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #434NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #320OHPennsylvania: #477PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #551CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #535CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #270NCSouth Carolina: #243SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #132MSAlabama: #215ALGeorgia: #214GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #355TXFlorida: #307FL
Kaizen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Kaizen (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaizenCanadaBoys#53355
KaizenEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
KaizenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaizenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaizenUSGirls#14,9425
KaizenUSBoys#364895